Indicator.



W. SHNITZSPAN.

INDICATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED sEPT.1,19o.

91 7,495 Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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V writer i Ulis its .in il? INECATOB.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 6, 1909.

Serial N0. 333,032.

To dit whom may concern: l pointing to an article printed on the plate Be it known that i, V4iufintisivr Sonnirzwhen attention is to 1oe directed to it, the SPAN, citizen ot the TJnited States, and a pointers normally occupying a position at lGSiClent oi the city ci C York, l the opposite end oi the slots. is shown in oi' Broc in the cour y of i'ii 1 ii" Stato oi o fYork, hnpyeinvgntsft ne?, l tin s overlap the inner ends ci the slots, improve( indicator, oi' `which the following j thereby preventing their extremities engagis iuii, clear, and exact descri'ition. ing therewith should they accidentally he This invention is an improved indicator, i leent downward. The pointers are conespeciallg.' adapted for household use 'to strncted from an improved sheet instal show when any articie named thereon has 2 l it oit suhstantiaiiy ini-shape, as shown in heconie ezlhansted, although it is not ling. Ll, comprising arins 6 extending1 at each ited to this use as it is evident that a device side thereof, with intermediate tabs 7 and oii this character may 1oe einpioyed Ywith thc iinger 5 projecting troni one end, prei:-

lvtntage in nuinerons other relations. orahly slightly pointed at its extremity. o object of the invention primarily is The it portion ot the vblank is 1oent down at to improve and simplify the construction of ich side of its longitudinal center into this forni of infilieator, especially the hands substantially Li torni, disclosed in Fig. 5, or pointers employed, which are i ade of the sides of the ei inelining out .vardiy, inakspringy sheet instal and 1nent into a novel ing the somewhat Wider at its open endt shape insuring against any accidental dis- The arrns 6 are bent at their extremities in placement troni looseness when lasseinsled. opposite directions to torni spring feet 8 and iis-terence is to he had to the aceonipanythe iinger 5 is downwardly turned at its ing drawings tori ing part of this specifica* inner end to provide it with an inset 9, tion, in which `iilar charactn's oi reier- 'bringing the finger 5 closer to the plate i ence indicate corresponding parts in all the vv'hen assembled therewith, and aiiording `figures. ineans at this side of the pointer hy which it Figure i is a iront side elevation of one fray he pushed in the slot. The linger is einlodiinent of niv inproved indicator, also curved iongitudinally, as shown in Fig'. various household 3, making its upper convex and thereby articles printed thereon, seine of the pointers inaterialiy adding to its strength. of the indicator heilig in position to indicate in assembling the pointers with the plate the articles exhausted, 2 is a transverse atter they have been thus bent, they are section on the line 2"-2 of iiig. l, looking pressed through the slots 3 'from the under in the direction oi the arrow Fig. 3 is a side thereof untii the talos spring outwardly perspective vienol one et the pointers siiofand oven the top tace oi the plate, thereby i no manner in which it is attached to the i'orining stops. The arins are compressed oy plate, a i 'nient ot t io latter g shown the edges ot the slot and the s1l ring feet 8 tor the p )ose ol illustration g. i is a the bottoni face or the plate and exert a pressure thereon, tending to keep 'the tabs 7 forming the stops in contact with the plate at its opposite side. fr pointer thus constructed 1oinds on both faces oi the plate and on the et ges of the slot and Wiil spring to compensato for Wear, and cannot the pointer nia/de; and Fig. 5 is an end elevation oi the pointer reinoved i'roin the plate, disci` the shape in which it is bent.

The numeral l indicates a. plate fori-'ning the body oi the indicator, pr raoly oi' nietai, with down-turned odg :forming he accidentally displaced but can be readiry flanges 2 d a series oi" parailel siots 3 arshifted in the slot by pushing it at either end ot its portion. Tr'r'hen it is desired to side of the plate is printed or otherwise aiseparate the pointers troni the piste, the tabs iixed the naine ot soine article, those show l 7 are sprung inward and the U ineniber being the narnes of cornnion household artipushed through the slot.

cles, each one being disposed opposite a siot Although i have described the invention 3. ln each oi the slots 3 is siidaloly inounted in detail in order that the construction and a pointer i having a 'finger 5, which is to be operation might be fully understood, it is slipped in the slot to an inward position ranged one side thereof. it the opposite ys. l and 3 the ends oi" the iingers at all evident that various irnrnateriai changes might be made; and l consider that I ain" entitled to such modifications as fall Within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

Vl. A pointer for an indicator made of sheet metal and bent to forin spring feet with opposing stops, and a 'nger projecting from one end thereof.

2. A pointer for an indicator made from a sheet metal blank substantially H-sllaped, with intermediate tabs, and alinger at right angles to-one end thereof.

3. A pointer for an indicator' bent to form a spring of a substantially inverted U-sliape with outwardly extending spring feet, tabs forming stops opposed to said feet, and a finger curved longitudinally, forming it with an upper convex face, said Alinger projecting from one end of the U. Y

Ll. A pointer for an indicator comprising a substantially inverted U portion havingl an inset finger at one end thereof, said Enger being `curved longitudinally, and formed ing spring feet pressing on one face of the plate and opposed stops engaging the opposite face of the plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in the presence Aoli two subscribing Witnesses.

"Wlv SCHNTZSPAN. Witnesses W. W. HoLT, E. C. NELSON.

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